tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post114717851521910424..comments2015-07-22T01:12:07.508-04:00Comments on Debunking Christianity: A Response to JasonDr. Hector Avaloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10840869326406664177noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1151561825483999052006-06-29T02:17:00.001-04:002006-06-29T02:17:00.001-04:00This is an excellent blog. Keep it going.You are p...This is an excellent blog. Keep it going.You are providing<BR/> a great resource on the Internet here!<BR/>If you have a moment, please take a look at my <A HREF="http://www.job-portal.ws" REL="nofollow">ancient advanced technology jobs</A> site.<BR/>Have a great week!ancient advanced technology jobshttp://www.job-portal.wsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1151561822029079472006-06-29T02:17:00.000-04:002006-06-29T02:17:00.000-04:00This is an excellent blog. Keep it going.You are p...This is an excellent blog. Keep it going.You are providing<BR/> a great resource on the Internet here!<BR/>If you have a moment, please take a look at my <A HREF="http://www.job-portal.ws" REL="nofollow">ancient advanced technology jobs</A> site.<BR/>Have a great week!ancient advanced technology jobshttp://www.job-portal.wsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1151561819822287572006-06-29T02:16:00.000-04:002006-06-29T02:16:00.000-04:00This is an excellent blog. Keep it going.You are p...This is an excellent blog. Keep it going.You are providing<BR/> a great resource on the Internet here!<BR/>If you have a moment, please take a look at my <A HREF="http://www.job-portal.ws" REL="nofollow">ancient advanced technology jobs</A> site.<BR/>Have a great week!ancient advanced technology jobshttp://www.job-portal.wsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1147223090360742352006-05-09T21:04:00.000-04:002006-05-09T21:04:00.000-04:00John wrote: “Today’s modern educated people simply...John wrote: “Today’s modern educated people simply don’t accept that view of magic, divination, blessings, curses or dreams.” <BR/><BR/>I can only suppose that the Triablogoats are disputing statements like this because they are modern and apparently have at least some education, and yet they take such notions seriously as part and parcel with their confessional beliefs. That’s the underlying message when one cuts through their verbose ridicule.<BR/><BR/>I’m reminded of G. A. Wells, who writes in <I>The Jesus Myth</I> (p. 149) regarding Mark 7:31-36 and 8:22-26:<BR/><B><BR/>“In both these pericopes Jesus uses spittle in the process of effecting the cure. All races of antiquity attached magical healing significance to spittle (see the discussion in Hull 1974, pp. 76-78), and this crudity, well-known from pagan parallels and embarrassing to commentators, may explain why Matthew and Luke omitted these two Markan stories. Jesus cures the blind man in two stages, first spitting on his eye and touching him, then – after asking him whether he can now see at all – touching his eyes. Some commentators (such as Vincent Taylor, 1966, p. 369) have claimed that this shows the whole story to be a true report; for the evangelist would not otherwise have said that two attempts were needed to effect a cure – thus giving opponents of Christianity a chance to denigrate Jesus. One might just as well argue that having the cure effected in two stages was meant to show what a difficult case it was, and to emphasize the great power required in nevertheless mastering it.”<BR/></B><BR/>(Wells refers to J. M. Hull’s <I>Hellenistic Magic and the Synoptic Tradition</I>, and to V. Taylor’s <I>The Gospel According to St. Mark</I>.)<BR/><BR/>I guess the Triablogoats might want to say that I am “a philosophical hick” for not accepting the stories found in the gospel of Mark as truth. Perhaps they're expecting a response on their level, e.g., "sticks and stones may break my bones..."<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>DawsonBahnsen Burnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030029491768748360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21219785.post-1147193216872695132006-05-09T12:46:00.000-04:002006-05-09T12:46:00.000-04:00OMG, you scared the shit out of me! Here I am wond...OMG, you scared the shit out of me! Here I am wondering, "What did I say? I've only ever commented twice that I remember! What did I do?!?!?!"<BR/><BR/>Excellent response, BTW, now that I've read through it all and found out I'm innocent!Jason Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643595412184843553noreply@blogger.com